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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: wearing autism related symbols in public - your experience? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2023, 2:04 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,828
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| The official autism symbol made by actual autistic people is a golden infinity sign. Because AU is the chemical symbol for gold and also the first two letters in the world "AUtism" A rainbow colored one can be used as well but it's also used for general neurodiversity such as AD/HD. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Have never had a "wild" birthday |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2023, 5:08 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,413
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| Nope...and NEVER will. Getting drunk isn't my idea of fun. Being around drunk people isn't my idea of fun. My dad had undiagnosed PTSD and would self medicate by drinking. When he was drunk he could get violent and physically abusive. Drunk people scare me for that reason. Anywhere alcohol is served... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Has the roommate thing gotten harder for anyone else (age) |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2023, 5:02 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,010
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| I never could stand room mates or sharing my space with anyone...even as a child. I could get violent if I couldn't get my alone time. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is strict rule following really a thing with Asperger's? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2023, 4:25 pm
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Replies: 79
Views: 5,220
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| If it is, I aparently never got the memo. A lot of old fashioned teachers who believed children should obey adults at all costs and never question them HATED the fact I would question rules. Rules that did not make sense to me and ones that were just there because Mrs. Jenkins is on a power trip. I ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: One thing I find odd about NTs... |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2023, 3:50 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,393
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| ...is when someone does or says something perfectly harmless that's even a tiny bit different to what NTs do or say, they laugh hysterically and find it so hilarious. They laugh for days, weeks...saying 'remember that time John said/did XYZ?' and go on and on about it. When the thing isn't even fun... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How did your childhood impact your love life? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2023, 12:10 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,546
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| My parents had such an outdated view of marriage, or maybe just worded it wrong? My dad wasn't abusive to my mom or anything...he was fiercely protective of her and didn't veiw her as an object. They stayed married until my dad died from cancer last year. But anyway, my mom worded it in a way that m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers & Your Real Age |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2023, 11:36 am
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Replies: 52
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| I'm 36 but everyone thinks I'm 21. When I was 21 everyone thought I was 15. I always attributed it to not smoking during my teens but seeing how every doctor (and a few veterinarians) tell me they think I have elher's dannos syndrome, I wonder if that could be part of it. My friend smoked since the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: wearing autism related symbols in public - your experience? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2023, 11:31 am
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Replies: 25
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| I'm so far out in the boondocks no one would know what they represented. Everyone here still of autism as the puzzle piece. I was able to educate a few people about how the puzzle pieces were offensive but I don't think they were truly from around here. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: People staring at you in public places due to your Autism |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2023, 4:55 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 933
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| People stare at me, I stare back or wave at them. They quickly jerk away. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who Cuts Your Hair? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2023, 9:13 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 3,305
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| I cut my own. Just shave it down to the skin. I can't stand my hair being short. I think it reminds me of all the times as a child when I was forced to have it cut against my will because I couldn't "take care of it". Uh, I was five. I never knew NT five year olds who could take care of th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone have an issue describing their dreams? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2023, 9:03 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 866
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| I've had reoccurring dreams since childhood. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Out of steam |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 5:57 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,744
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| Meerkat ,ugh, sorry it was so awful so early. I wanted "out" by age 8, but didn't discover the dysfunctional but effective "coping" mechanism you mention until 17. Then it was an especially rocky couple decades. In my support groups for adult ADS women, over 90% relate to this p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how did your autism show itself in childhood |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 5:32 pm
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Replies: 26
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| My biological mother was what at the time in the late 1980's-early 1990's considered "mentally ret*d". But probably really no one really just gave the poor woman a chance. She was a lounge singer at a local bar. She met a man there and apparently he raped her. 9 months later I come along. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: BPD or Autism? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2023, 4:35 pm
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Replies: 27
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| I was once told by this psychiatrist that since I'm nothing like their 15 year old son with Asperger's (I was 25 at the time) that I don't have autism and that while I may have been autistic as a child I no longer am. I have borderline personality disorder now. All because I told him I was offended ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you think that if "Rain Man" had never been released... |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2023, 2:23 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 521
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| Another movie would have just been released about an autistic person. Good or bad. I've always heard that Rain Man brought a lot of awareness to the fact autism was a thing...but at the time people still assumed it only affected males and people were only severely affected to the point they had to l... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Out of steam |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2023, 2:21 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,744
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| I was homeschooled since the 5th grade because of how bad the bullying (not only from other children) was getting and the school refusing to do anything about it except punish me for defending myself. I was already experimenting with self harm and regularly expressed how I wanted to die just so I wo... |
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